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Mary McCann Famine Orphan - Mary is my GG Grandmother - Can anyone tell me who her ancestors were

Dublin
  • Surname : McCann (Could be Rogers surname in family)
  • First Name : Mary
  • Age on arrival : 18
  • Native Place : Lusk, Dublin
  • Parents : Names Not recorded -
  • Religion : Roman Catholic
  • Ship name : New Liverpool (Arrived in Melbourne 1849)
  • Workhouse : Dublin, Balrothery
  • Other : shipping: housemaid, cannot read or write; 
  • Mary died in 1880, aged 48, daughter of John & Jane ?? - I don't know if these really are her Parents names This appeared on her death Certificate
hcpearson

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From RootsIreland, here is the transcription of a baptism for a Mary McCann of Lusk, parents John and Ellen.  This Mary was baptized in 1841. If that was her birth year, she is a lot younger than your ancestor was said to be in 1880.  But as ages vary widely in records and as people at the time were not necessarily aware of their age, it could be your Mary.

Name:Mary McCann

  Date of Baptism:16-Mar-1841

Parish/District:LUSK

CountyCo. Dublin

Denomination: Roman Catholic

Father:John McCann

Mother:Ellen McCann

 

Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Nicholas Stanley
Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Margaret McCarthy

Notes:

P J TYRELL

 

glanvil3@aol.com

Hi Patricia

Thank you so much for that information. I don't think that is our Mary, she was 18 when arriving in Australia in 1849. We can't be sure that she was 18 but I doubt there could be that much difference. 

hcpearson

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